Saw Tenet again today. Alamo Drafthouse. Saturday 3:30 pm screening - something I've done many times before. Theater was basically empty. Never seen a screening like that at Alamo. Made me sad. Theaters are fucked.
Yes Tenet is a good a second time. Helped me grasp some of the less intuitive things. I still want to watch it a couple of times at home where I can pause and have subtitles. A few small plot things still don't make sense but a second viewing cleared a lot up. Fun theater movie.
I wouldn't call this a top tier Nolan but honestly it doesn't really try to be. It's WAY less ambitious than Interstellar or Inception. He could have gone super insane visuals and absurd set pieces and he didn't. It's a convoluted story but it's surprisingly focused.
Feels like the movie came about this way:
STUDIO: So, are you gonna make another Inception?
NOLAN: I dunno. I have this one idea but it's not really a big blockbuster type thing.
STUDIO: Here's $200 million. When can we have it?
The more I think about this theory, the more sense it makes. In a way this would work really well as a low budget sci-fi movie with few extras and some creative use of cameras and light special effects. Everything else here is super expensive set dressing.
Share this Scrolly Tale with your friends.
A Scrolly Tale is a new way to read Twitter threads with a more visually immersive experience.
Discover more beautiful Scrolly Tales like this.